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kicky-wicky

kicky-wicky noun: spouse.

Noun

kicky-wicky (plural kicky-wickies)

  1. (dated, endearing) Spouse.
    • Parolles: He wears his honour in a box, unseen
      That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home
      Spending his manly marrow in her armsc. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • What a laughable request the bride urges so earnestly !—to wit, that her kicky-wicky may bide cosily at home.1909, W. J. M. Starkie, The Acharnians of Aristophanes, Macmillan and co., page 209

Forms of kicky-wicky

pluralkicky-wickies

Questions about kicky-wicky

What does kicky-wicky mean?
Kicky-wicky means spouse.
What part of speech is kicky-wicky?
Kicky-wicky is a noun.
What is the plural of kicky-wicky?
The plural of kicky-wicky is kicky-wickies.

Words near kicky-wicky in the dictionary

  1. kickwheel
  2. kickwriting
  3. kickxellaceous
  4. kicky
  5. kicky-wickies
  6. kicky-wicky
  7. kid
  8. kid around
  9. kid brother
  10. kid brothers
  11. kid glove

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